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Stricter Rules for Voter IDs Reshape Races – Michael Wines and Manny Fernandez / NYT
Voter Suppression Is the Only Way Donald Trump Can Win – Ari Berman / The Nation
The 2016 electorate will be the most diverse in American history, with people of color comprising 31 percent of eligible voters, up from 29 percent…
I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon by Toure
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: Drawing on new research…
What Pundits Keep Getting Wrong About Donald Trump and the Working Class – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
In Deeply Divided Chicago, Most Agree: City Is Off Course – Monica Davey and Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Dangerous White-Collar White Power Movement Believes It Has Newfound Relevance Thanks to Trump – Hannah Gais / Alternet
Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy – Sabrina Tavernise / NYT
Raised-Fist Photo by Black Women at West Point Spurs Inquiry – Dave Phillips / NYT
White women are killing themselves: These numbers paint a grim portrait of America’s underclass – Kali Holloway / Salon
Obama’s full remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony / Politico Staff
Read the entire speech here.
Artist Honors The Black Mothers Who’ve Lost Their Sons To Police Brutality – Priscilla Frank / Huff Post
Lupita Nyong’o had to remind Vogue that white actresses don’t have a monopoly on beauty – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
What It Was Like For A Freedom Rider Whose Bus Was Firebombed By The KKK – Lisa Capretto / OWN Video
An Un-gentrified View of Prince’s Death – Ralph Crowder III / Interview WURD
Filmmaker and founder of Freedom Radio and TV, Ralph Crowder III provides a first-hand account of the racial bias and struggles faced by Prince in his early career, and the role of Black unity in telling our stories and uplifting Black creative genius. Listen to the interview here.
A Proscecutor’s vison for a better justice system – Adam Foss / TED
When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step…
Overworked and Underpaid Detroit Teachers Shut Down Nearly all Public Schools: The Legislature Shrugs – Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The Newly Emboldened American Racist – Jennifer Sabin / Huff Post
Angela Davis and asha bandele : Getting People out of Prison Is Just the Start to Solving America’s Incarceration Crisis – April M. Short / Alternet
Larry Wilmore On ‘Breaking Taboos’ At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner / Fresh Air NPR
Welfare and the Politics of Poverty – Karen Sughrue / NYT Retroreport Video
Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform was supposed to move needy families off government handouts and onto a path out of poverty. Twenty years later, how…
Past Voices – The Brown v. Board Decision : “The Impact of the Desegregation Process on the Education of Black Students ” (1983) – Russell W. Irvine and Jacqueline J. Irvine
Few, if any, events in this century have rivaled the impact of the 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. l The decision…
Racism Is Real. Trump Helps Show It. – Jenee Desmond-Harris / NYT
Confessions of a Republican (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial) / You Tube Video
The parallels to 2016 are chilling! See the video here
Lifted Up by Love, Not Just Basketball – William C. Rhoden / NYT
‘This can’t happen by accident: The link between race and real estate’ – Emily Badger / Wash Post
Keeping Black Girls Off the Path to Prison – Allison Keys / The Root
